He TRIED to sell it. Obama made the very good point that only a small % of Medicare goes to overhead, while higher admin overhead plus profits consume a much larger % of the private health care dollar.

And the claim about Obamacare causing providers to avoid Medicare patients was also a bit bogus, because they were already doing that BEFORE Obamacare.

And speaking of bogus claims ... weren't Massachussetts schools already #1 long before Mitt Romney came to town?

Mass schools were great, i know someone who lives there and knows the state very well, the schools were #1 and Romney shouldnt take any credit.

You raise a good question. People need not confuse a Master debater with a person who will actually be a great president behind the scenes.

If Romney played a one on one basketball game with Obama, he would get destroyed, but Obama being a better basketball player has nothing to do with politics just like being the 'better talker' has anything to do with who will be a great president and who will not.

You raise a good question. People need not confuse a Master debater with a person who will actually be a great president behind the scenes.

If Romney played a one on one basketball game with Obama, he would get destroyed, but Obama being a better basketball player has nothing to do with politics just like being the 'better talker' has anything to do with who will be a great president and who will not.

For sure....I watched and cant for the life of me understand how either "won"? Neither man said ONE DAMN THING we havent already heard. I just dont get it. The electorate is split and people will believe what they do, but I just cant believe in any way shape or form either man "won". I am curious to hear the "hard numbers" as it were to mitt's amazing plan to cut taxes, raise defense spending and somehow cut the deficit. That's bold. Im not real good at math but id like to see those spread sheets.

You can't, but the rest of America sure did. How can anyone watch this stuff? Meaningful October baseball was on!!

Rumor has it that Romney may be of at least nominal Caucasian extraction... several of our presidents have been. John Tyler himself had a touch of the old whitewash, and it's claimed by several historians that Zachary Taylor may have had a white grandfather.

My first, last and only political comment on BTW. Obama is going to need every bit of help the liberal media can give him the rest of the way.

Romney opened a lot of eyes last night. He proved to be light years sharper than the liberal a$$holes expected. Before the debate, Jimmy Fallon made a joke that there was possibly going to be an earthquake in Colorado soon. And that Romney was praying "please let it be during the debate." Well, Mitt didn't need any help. Squashed Obama big time. May not be enough to turn the tide. But I hope so.

I can sort of see the logic, 4 yrs ago, in taking a chance on a charismatic dude who talked big about CHANGE. But after 4 years of garbage, what excuse is there now? And since when is the ability to make money such an awful trait?

I think the problem is that most people with a least a bit of cynicism and subtlety already kinda knew that Obama was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. To them, that underlying message of the debate was just more preaching to the choir.

Some people forget that Obama was thought to be a great debater in 08 and Romney was not thought of as a great debater during the republican debates . Obama was destroyed and i loved every minute of it .

Some people forget that Obama was thought to be a great debater in 08 and Romney was not thought of as a great debater during the republican debates . Obama was destroyed and i loved every minute of it .

The Obama camp specifically said ahead of the debate they were going to address their remarks to the American people, and not engage in going after Romney. So it came off as Romney the aggressor and Obama just taking it.

Sometime before the end of the Month, Obama will get his 'mojo' back and this first debate will all but be forgotten. One of the worst things anyone can do is to overestimate one debate and think that one decent debate holds an incredible amount of water. This was a good start for Romney and the Rom-niacs, but there's a long way to go and a lot can happen between now and Romneys date with the winners circle.

I know, i know, one debate has taken a candidate that was a huge underdog into a 'sure winner' but that's not how things work unfortunately.